Campus Chatter – March 14, 2017

Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, abdicated and sold her indebted realm to the Republic of Venice today (1489). Also, Spanish forces captured Fort Charlotte in Mobile, to safeguard New Orleans from the British during the American Revolutionary War (1780), Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin (1794), Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado premiered (1885), President William McKinley signed the Gold Standard Act (1900), the U.S. Senate ratified the Hay–Herrán Treaty, allowing the U.S. to build the Panama Canal, on the same day President Theodore Roosevelt established the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (1903), Bakersfield, California’s Lakeview Gusher gushed (1910), 248 people were killed when a train derailed on a bridge over the Virilla River Canyon in Costa Rica (1926), Alam Ara premiered as India’s first talking film (1931), the first all-sound film of Show Boat opened at the Radio City Music Hall (1936), Orvan Hess and John Bumstead treated Anne Miller with penicillin (1942), Jack Ruby was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964), the body of President John Kennedy was moved to a permanent burial site at Arlington National Cemetery (1967), 44 people died when an unqualified pilot stole and crashed an airliner into a factory near Beijing (1979), 87 people including the U.S. boxing team died when Polish LOT Flight 7 crashed on final approach near Warsaw (1980), Chinese and Vietnamese forces fought a one-day skirmish for control of the Johnson South Reef (1988), Linux kernel version 1.0.0 was released (1994), Norman Thagard launched with Mir-18, the first U.S. astronaut to crew a Russian space mission (1995), and 14 people were killed as Indian police clashed with protesters in Nandigram (2007). And unrest erupted across Tibet (2008).

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Good morning, BPI! It’s currently a cloudy 14 degrees here, and we have a very light snow falling. That’s going to change later on, and we’re expected to get over a foot of snow here. We’re under a winter weather warning, as we’re not expected to get the blizzards that are likely farther east and south of us. Yesterday was actually fairly nice, so the road trip was without any incident. I also stocked up on a few things, so I’m set for a while. On today’s agenda, nothing, for the most part. On tomorrow’s agenda, shoveling out. (sigh)

winterbanyan

Oh man, I’m sorry you’re going to get blasted. Over a foot? I’m so glad you got your running around done yesterday. Try to stay cozy. I guess you’re going to pay for your snow day the hard way.

We’re not getting what the coastal areas are going to get, we’re a little out of the way for it. Given the temperatures, the snow is likely to be “fluffy” and high, but not the wet heavy stuff that the coast is getting, and we won’t see the major winds.

Linda

A forecast that says 1 to 2 feet of snow has quite a bit of swing. I hope you’re snug and safe.

Linda

Good Morning and Happy Pi Day! One of the perennial issues in state politics here is allowing liquor sales on Sundays. A bill to allow it finally passed and starting in July liquor stores can be open on Sundays. Surdyks, a Minneapolis liquor store decided to open this past Sunday. I took it as a marketing stunt and they did get a lot of free media. The city of Minneapolis just revoked their liquor license for the month of July. More publicity and obviously a cause to rally around for their supporters and customers. I don’t have an opinion but the letters to the editor are almost as passionate as the ones on health care.

Our weather is still cold but nothing like what’s hitting the east coast. Stay safe and hopefully warm Norbrook.

Twitter help says that if you change your password it can take up to 24 hours for the account to come back to normal. Since I changed on all three devices last night, I’ll know by tomorrow if I am restored. It made me realize that I maybe check twitter too often. I retweet but don’t tweet.

I don’t check my twitter much at all, it’s one of those “Oh, I should probably see what that’s saying” once or twice a month deals.

New York allows sales on Sunday, but only after 12. It doesn’t usually matter to me, since my alcohol consumption can be best described as “rare.” The only time I ever ran into it was when I was asked to bring some beer to a family get-together, and stopped at a store before I left. Oops. Fortunately (?) it was after 12 when I was getting near the get-together, so I stopped at a store there.

winterbanyan

I lived in a dry county in Texas, but the town I lived in had passed a law allowing the sale of liquor within city limits. Hah! You should have seen the business at the stores.

Gardener

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…

Gardener

Good morning!

We’ve a very brisk wind from the north, clouds, and 29 degrees…The USDA truck unload went well yesterday, as did dinner afterward and a free Jeep service after that. Saw an old friend who was in trying to deal on a truck. No dice for him on the truck, but we did catch up a bit…

The WX here is not very inviting for outdoor work, maybe I can piddle in the shop. It’s about time to put the trains away, even though it will make my buddy sad… “I love you more than trains, Pop-pop!”

For this morning’s fun news, remember when Britain asked the public to name their new science ship? “Boaty McBoatface” was the top vote getter, but they decided to name it after David Attenborough. 🙂 Well, they have made a bow to the public vote, though. The ROV sub that goes with the ship has the name.

Beltwayjim

Good morning! ::hugggggs::Quiet here.

It is 31 degrees. A light rain mist is falling. Less then 2 inchers of slush on the ground and cars. More mix and rain forcast until 2:15 pm. (This has been a moving target.) High of 40 degrees followed by a low of 21 degrees and iceing tomorrow morning. Closing list on the TV is 255 items long. Our church and lots of other groups just follow the schools. Potato chip day is cancelled.